The only demos I see there are just kind of vanilla "use JDBC" for = loading stuff. I kept thinking Ethan was going for direct dbms data = injection via library through EXTPROC (in "wrong" direction, of course), = without requiring=20 JDBC. To do this, I guess you could dump a client-based *.doc via ftp into a = dbms-server based <directory> and have a db-internal process polling for = results in <directory> and formatting same appropriately (via EXTPROC = and library def) for storage. You get ability to asynchronously upload = stuff and format it into db mediated by EXTPROC This would obviate the use of JDBC to inject data in the db.=20 (Of course, it IS very late) -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Bruce McCartney Sent: Fri 1/28/2005 4:55 AM To: Ethan.Post@xxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc:=09 Subject: RE: Goofy Late Night Idea? Ethan, I saw a demo of exactly this a while back using Oracle, XMLDB; which supports access by http, ftp and webdav. I haven't loaded myself; but = there is mention of a downloadable demo at http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/tech/xml/xmldb/index.html Cheers, Bruce McCartney =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Post, Ethan > Sent: January 27, 2005 8:19 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Goofy Late Night Idea? >=20 > OK, so for whatever reason this thought just popped into my=20 > head and I think it would be a pretty cool feature for a=20 > database to have. >=20 > # From a remote server you type... >=20 > ftp server_name port >=20 > # Then use normal ftp commands... > cd resumes > bin > put 134564.doc > bye >=20 > Normally the file would be on a server someplace, but I am=20 > thinking it would be cool if Oracle could expose a table,=20 > such as RESUMES, as an ftp service/directory. So when the=20 > 'put' is done the file is stored in RESUMES table in the=20 > database. Basically it would be a Oracle owned ftp service=20 > which allows you to use normal ftp commands from another=20 > server to interact directly with an Oracle table by adding,=20 > getting and removing files. >=20 > I sure with a little code you could write something that=20 > basically does this but it would be neat if it was something=20 > your could just configure with a little DDL. >=20 > Oh well, like I said, just a late night thought. >=20 >=20 >=20 > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >=20 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l